Green Roof Shed Kit

Not a standard part of the green roof kit but hopefully you will have thought to order some.

Green roof shed kit.

If you empty the whole bucket onto a smaller green roof you will kill it. Building a green roof on your shed is a way to add interest to the shed and produce a new area to cultivate. You are going to be adding significant extra weight onto the shed roof so you need to know that the structure is strong enough to support it. Our shed roof packs are designed for an instant green roof on your shed or outbuilding.

This online guide is designed to meet the needs of diy enthusiasts looking to put a green roof on a shed or outhouse builders and landscaper contractors who want to build green roofs. When fitting a green roof to a shed make sure that your shed roof can take the increased weight load from a green roof. Pre prepared green roof packs for sheds. Keep your shed roof weatherproof all year round.

When saturated these layers can weigh in at more than 100kg per square metre or 20lbs per square foot. Alternatively you can reinforce and brace the internal shed structure and roofing joists before fitting. Make a simple frame with the same dimensions as your shed s roof from pieces of rot proof timber using l brackets for the corners. Wallbarn s best selling green roofing systems offer you a tidy finish and a pleasant aesthetic.

Packs starting from 299. It s a modular green roof system supplied as a green roof kit which means you can install individual trays of sedum on any flat roof. Be very careful to only apply the recommended 85 grams per square metre then seal the bucket and save the leftovers. Step 1 check if it is load bearing.

The plants in the trays sedum are pre grown so you don t have to wait for the green roof to flourish. Green roofs are an element of eco construction that often gets overlooked no pun intended. Whether it s a garden shed or a modern state of the art office building. A standard shed such as the bestselling overlap apex garden shed above right or overlap pent roof garden shed is likely to fit the bill.

Free delivery over 50 next day to most of the uk. This website based guide builds on the material and information in our original pdf the diy guide to green living roofs which we published in 2008. Includes sedum turf growing medium retention trims and pebbles. It is always best when buying a shed for this purpose to go for a reinforced shed.

A 2 2 kg bucket treats 26m2 of sedum blanket. How to make a green roof. There are some things you need to check before building but the job is not very difficult.